Heel-breasting machine.



A. BATES.

am. BRBASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1910. 1 1 7,627, Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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A. BATES.

VHEEL BREASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7 1910 1 1 1 7,627;

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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THE MORRIS PETERS CD.. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASNINGTUN. D. C.

A. BATES.

HEEL BREASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1910.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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IINIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR BATES, OF LEICES'IER, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF'PA'IERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HEEL-BREASTING MACHINE.

Application led July 7, 1910.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BATES, a subject of the King of England, residing at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, have invented certain Improvements in Heel-Breasting Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several iigures.

This invention relates to machinery for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes and particularly to machines having tools which are power operated to do their work. The invention may with advantage be applied to machines having reciprocating cutting or shaping tools and is herein shown and described by way of exemplification as applied to a machine for breasting the heels of boots and shoes. It is usual, in heel breasting machines, to provide a tread plate which is brought into contact with the tread face of the heel and is so positioned that its forward edge indicates the line upon which the knife will cut. In some cases, however, the breast edge of the top lift is trimmed to its final shape and the heel ispositioned with the edge of the top lift in coincidence with the edge of the tread plate.

A n object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the knife itself may be manipulated to serve as a gage for positioning the shoe, thus doing away with the tread plate and its operating mechanism, and to otherwise simplify and expedite the operation of breasting heels.

As a feature of the invention the knife may be lowered, preferably manually, into proximity to the tread face of the heel. or against the breast face of the top lift so as to serve as a guide for positioning the heel, the knife being subsequently actuated, preferably by power, to effect the operation of breasting the heel.

As a further feature of the invention, the knife, after being positioned against the tread face of the heel or against the breast face of the top lift, is further pressed manually against the heel and the resistance offered to the knife by the heel serves to bring the power-actuated mechanism automatically into operation for breasting a heel. As I am advised, it is new in a breasting or other shoe machine having power op- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 570,770.

erating means for a tool to provide manual means by which the tool may be moved in the direction of its operative stroke and into proximity to the surface to be operated upon and which operating means is arranged to effect thereupon an operative connection of the power mechanism to the tool for causing the tool to do its work. Preferably and as herein shown, the knife positioning means comprises a .lever which serves first to lower the knife into position against or in front of the top lift of the heel and when the knife is stopped by contact with the heel or with the unbreasted portion thereof the lever may, by a change of fulcrum, be further actuated to effect the tripping of a clutch which connects the knife to its power actuating mechanism.

These and other features of the invention will appear more fully from the following detailed description, when read i-n connection with the accompanying drawings, and will be pointed out in the appended claims.

The knife clamping mechanism herein shown and described but not claimed is made the subject-matter of a separate copending application Serial No. 582,703, filed September 19, 1910.

In the drawings,-Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of the upper p0rtion of a power heel breasting machine embodying my invention; Fig. Q is a fragmentary detail in front elevation of the work support; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine; Fig. et is a horizontal section through the knife clamp on the line of Fig.y l; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional plan on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the lower portion of the machine taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the frame of the machine which may be of rectangular horizontal section and has vertical slideways 2 formed on the inner upright faces of its sides to receive a sliding head 3 which carries a suitable operating tool, such, for example, as the heel breasting knife 4.

Suitable means is provided for suspending the knife normally in an elevated position out of contact with the work and as one convenient means for this purpose springs 6 are secured to the slide near its lower end as at 7 and at the upper end to bolts` 8 which y `mounted on the head 3 for vertical reciprocation, is moved manually by hand lever 30, Fig. l, into proximity to the top lift of the heel bcingbreasted so that the knife will serve as a gage for positioning the heel and knife relatively to each other prior to the completion of the knife stroke to breast the heel. The lever 30 engages the forked upper end of a plunger 31 which is seated for free sliding /movement in an elongated recess inl the knife carrying slide 3, as shown. This construction permits downward actuation of the slide 3 byv power independently of the plunger 31 and thus the transmission of dangerous shocks to the operator through the hand lever 30 is avoided.

'The end of the lever 30, which forms the fulcrum during the operation of lowering the knife, is pivoted at 3Q, Fig. to a rod 34, Fig. 6, which is connected with mechanism for controlling the power actuation of the knife. As shown in F ig. 3, the end of the lever 30 is forked at 35 and is pivotally connected to the upper end of the controlling rod 34 by a pin 36.

Power is transmitted to the slide 3 through a connecting rod or link 40 which passes through a boss 44 on the rear face of the slide 3. The rod 40 is a loose lit in the boss 44 in order that the slide 3 may be lowered manually by the handle 30. Upon downward movement of the rod 40, however, the Washer 45 and nuts 46 engage the upper face of the boss 44 and actuate the knife to complete its stroke.

The lower end of the rod 40 is formed with a boss 75 rwhich engages the crank 50 which is driven from the main shaft 51 througha suitable clutch 53. Any suitable form of one-revolution clutch may be employed. The clutch shown is of the wellknown roller type and comprises a member 54 which, when held from rotation by contact of the shoulder 58 with the horseshoe-shaped spring 57 upon the stop arm 55, permits free rotation of the shaft 51. The arm 55 is mounted upon the rock-shaft 56 which also carries an arm 63 between the end of which and the frame is secured a spring 60 which holds the stop arm 55 normally in position to engage the shoulder 58 on the clutch member 54. The clutch is, of course, thrown in and the machine actuated when the arm 55 is moved out of engagement with the shoulder 58. To effect this an arm is loosely pivoted on the rockshaft 56 and at its opposite end is forked to provide bearings for a pin 38 through which passes the rod 34, the rod being adjustably held in the pin 38 by a set screw 380. The arm 70 has adjustably secured thereto by a screw 72 a laterally projecting plate 71, which, in the normal or inoperative position ofthe clutch, is located beneath a similar plate 68 secured by a screw 69 to the lower arm 8O of an elbow lever 81 which has a pivoted pin 83 held therein by a set screw 82 Vand freely movable in a bearing 7 7 in the forked end 7 8 of the lever 63. rlhe upper arm 7 4 of the lever 8l lies in the path of movement of the boss 75. The spring 60 is shown as secured to the frame at 61 and is preferably connected to the arm 63 by a hook 62 on the elbow lever 81 so that the spring 60 not only tends to hold the arm 55 beneath the shoulder 58 as described, but also tends to move the elbow lever counter-clockwise, Fig. 6, so that the plate 68 is held in position to engage the plate 71 on the arm 70.` lt will now .be apparent that when the arm 70 is swung upwardly by a pull on the rod 34, the plate T1 will, by contact with the plate 69, raise the arm 63 against the spring 60 and by rotation of the rock-shaft 56 will swing the arm 55 from under the shoulder 58 whereupon the clutch `will take hold and the crank 50 will be rotated to operate the knife. At a suitable time in the rotation of the crank the boss comes in contact with the arm 74 of the elbow lever 81 and depresses it sufficiently to move the plate 68 out of contact with the plate 71 whereupon the springv 60 acts to swing the arm 55 back into position to engage the shoulder 58 and throw out the clutch. `When the rod 34 and the arm '70 are again lowered, the plate 68 snaps into position over the plate 71, the parts having then resumed normal position ready for further operation. T o limit the movement of the arm 63, an adjustable stop 64 lis provided which coperates with a stationary stop 65.

The work support shown comprises a block 2,0 which is held between side members 29. The side members have segmental flanges on their lower edges which engage undercut grooves 21 in the sleeve 24. Clamping bolts 9.00 are provided which act to cla-mp the block Q0 between the side members 29 and also to clamp the flanges on the side members in the grooves 21. The sleeve 24 is mounted in a bracket 22 secured to the frame at 23. The bracket 2Q- has a slit 26, a clamp screw 27 being provided to spring the bracket into clamping engagement with the sleeve 24. A pin 28 on the sleeve 24 lies in the slit 26 and prevents rotation of the sleeve. Within the sleeve 24 is a post 201 which is mounted for rotation upon a suitable supporting rod 207 and is provided with a hand wheel 206. The upper end of the post 201 has threaded engagement at 202 with a stem 203 of a head 204; which enters an arcuate slot or groove in the undei side of the block 20. By this construction, when the clamping bolts 200 are loosened, the hand wheel 206 may be operated to adjust the block 20 vertically while the seg mental grooves 21 permit its being adjusted angularly, and when the bolts 200 are tightened the block is held firmly in adjusted position.

it is to be observed that the axis of tilting movement of the cutting block 20 lies approximately at its surface and in the plane of the operative movement of the knife, so that the block is always presented under the knife and thus injury to the edge of the knife is avoided which might otherwise result from its accidental contact with the metal part of the work support. iVhen the surface of the block 20 has been marred to such an extent that it must be eut down to a fresh surface, the block 20 can be set up to normal position independently of the sleeve 24 by loosening the bolts 200 and turning the hand wheel 206 as described. A novel knife clamp is also shown which will enable knives of various formation to be secured very firmly to the slide. The knife holding arm 90, Fig. d, of the slide is provided with movable abutments 91, shown as semi-cylindrical in shape, which are seated in recesses 92. The abutments 91 are preferably hollowed out so that each has two areas of contact with the back of the knife, one on each side of the axis about which the abut` ments are mounted to rotate so that the abut-ments can readily adjust themselves to variations in the contour of the backs of the knives. lFlanges 93 near the upper and lower ends of the abutments prevent their` longitudinal displacement and the knife is held in place against them by a. clamping plate 911 having projections 96 located preferably opposite to the axes of the abutments. Threaded studs 95 serve as means for clamping the knife between the projections 96 and the abutments 91. Screws 97 are provided to take the thrust of the knife and to furnish means for adjusting the knife longitudinally.

In the operation of the machine the heel is placed upon the work support 20 and the handle 30 is drawn downwardly. Owing to the friction of the stop arm 55 with the stop shoulder 58, the friction of other related parts and the pull of the spring 60, the rod 34 remains stationary and the handle 30 first fulcrums about its connection with the rod 3A and consequently moves the slide downwardly and with it the knife #l until the knife is opposite to the breast of the top lift ofthe heel. During this movement the boss 4:4 has slid downwardly on the rod 40. The heel is now positioned with the breast face of the top lift against the back of the knife and the handle 30, being further actuated, brings the knife edge into engagement with the unbreasted portion of the heel. Theknife being unable to descend farther, because of the resistance offered by the heel, further movement of the lever 30 in the same direction causes its fulcrum to change from the pivot 36 to the pivot 31 and the rod 3st to move upwardly, carrying with it the arm T0 and tripping the clutch in the manner described. The clutch being thrown in, the crank 50 rotates, moving the connecting rod 40 downwardly until the nuts 46 engage the boss 111i and actuate the knife to do its work, whereupon the clutch is thrown out in the manner described and the machine comes to rest. The knife and knife carrier are drawn back to their elevated position by the springs 6.

It is understood, of course, that while the invention is shown as applied to a machine for breasting heels before they are attached to the shoe, the machine is equally well adapted for breasting heels after they have been attached; nor is the invention limited in its construction or application except as necessitated by the claims when construed in the light of the prior art.

Having described my invention, what'I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A machine for breasting the body portions of heels having top lifts with finally shaped breast edges, comprising a heel breasting tool, a work support, means for lowering the tool into a position opposite the edge of the top lift so that said top lift edge will serve as a gage by which to locate the heel in position for the body portion thereof to be breasted flush with the edge of said toplift, and additional means for furi ther actuating the tool to breast the heel.

2. A heel breasting machine, comprising a cutter, a work support, power actuated means to cause relative movement therebetween for breasting a heel, and means, acting prior to said breasting movement, to cause a relative approach movement between said cutter and said work support, to adjust said cutter and the top lift of the heel into such relationship that said cutter may form a gage for the positioning of said heel.

3. A heel breasting machine, comprising a cutter, a work support, mechanism to actuate said cutter by power to breast a heel, and means adapted and arranged to effect pre adjustment of said cutter into contact with the heel, and then to bring said power mechanism into play.

4. A heel breasting machine, comprising a cutter, a work support, mechanism to actuate said cutter by power to breast a heel, and a manually operable member adapted and arranged to bring said cutter into contact with the heel, and thereafter to bring said power mechanism into play.

5. In a machine of the class described, a l

tool for performing an operation on a shoe, means for actuating the tool by power to do its work,'means for moving the tool manually in the direction in which it is to be actuated, means for connecting said tool to its actuating means, and means whereby said connecting means is automatically rendered eEective when resistance is encountered to continued movement of the tool manually. v

6. A heel breasting machine, comprising a work support, .a breastingtool, a carrier therefor, power mechanism to actuate saidA carrier and tool, and means to control the operation of said power mechanism, comprising a lever connected operatively with said carrier and controlling means respectively to permit advancement of said carrier by said lever to adjust said heel and tool prior to engagement of said carrier by said power mechanism and to permit operation of said controlling means to effect said breasting operation by a unitary operation of said lever.

7. A heel breasting machine comprising a knife, mechanism to a'ctuate said knifel mechanically to breast the heel, a trip device for said mechanism, and means to bring said knife and heel into engagement and to operate said trip device subsequently to said engagement.

8. A heel breasting machine comprising in combination a work support, a knife mounted for lmovement relatively to said support to breast a heel, means for effecting a preliminary movement of the knife into position to contact with a finished portion of the heel so as to act as a gage for positioning the heel, and means to then actuate the knife.

9. A heel breasting machine comprising a knife, mechanism to reciprocate said knife intermittently for breasting heels, controlling means adapted and arranged to insure theclearance of said work by said knife when at rest, and manually operable means to move said knife in advance of said actuating mechanism.

10. A heel breasting machine comprising a cutter head, power mechanism, a connecting link adapted and arranged to be moved automatically into engagement with said cutter head to actuate it mechanically, a lever to actuate said cutter head manually` and a controlling rod connected with said lever and power mechanism to permitl manual control of the operation of said cutter head by said power mechanism.

11, A. heel breasting machine comprising a heel `breasting tool, means whereby said tool'may be moved into position toact as a gage for positioning said tool and the toplift ofV a heel relativelyto each other preparatory to-breasting the rest ofthe heel.

12. In a heel breasting machine, a reciprocating knife carrier, power means for reci arocatino' the carrier including a clutch manual means operable to lower said knife toward the work, and means whereby when resistance is offered to further downward travel of the carrier further manipulation of s'aid manual means, in the same direction, throws the clutch to apply power forA finishing the stroke of the carrier.

13. In a heel breasting machine, a reciprocating knife, power means for reciprocation of the knife, manual means operable to reciprocate said knife prior to its power actuation, and means whereby, when resistance is offered to travel of the knife, further manipulation of said manual means connects the knife with the power means for completing the stroke.

la. In a heel breasting machine, a movable knife, power actuated meanssfor moving the knife, manual means for moving the knife, means for connecting the knife to the power means for moving thek knife, and means whereby said connecting means is operated by the manual means when resistance is offered to the movement of the knife.

15. In a heel breasting machine ay shoe support, a knife movable relatively thereto for breasting a heel, manual means for setting the knife in position relatively to the top lift of the heel so that further movement of the. knife will breast the heel, and power means for moving' the knife, said means being constructed and arranged to be set in operation by movement of the manual means in forcing the knife against the heel.

16. In a heel breasting machine, a heel breasting tool, means whereby said tool may be moved relatively to the heelso that the tool may form a gage against which the top lift maybe positioned preparatory to breasting the remainder of the heel, and means for power breasting the remainder of the heel. f'

17. In a heel breasting vmachine, a'heel breasting tool, manual means for bringing the tool into position to act as a gage against which the top lift may abut, and power means for continuing the movement of the knife to breast the heel.

18. In a heel breasting machine, a heel breasting knife, a lever for preliminarily moving the knife so that the top lift may be positioned thereagainst, power means controlled by said lever for completing the stroke of the knife to breast the heel, and means to return the knife automatically to initial position.

19. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a cutting tool, a cutting block, a support for the cutting block embracing said block and arranged for angular adjustment relatively to the plane of the tool, and common means for clamping the block in its support and for clamping the support in adjusted position.

20. In a machine of the class described, a knife, a Work-support having a member adjustable angularly relatively to the plane of operation of said knife, said member comprising a rigid portion and a cutting block constructed and arranged to lie in the plane of operation of said knife in the various angular positions of said member, and means to adjust said block in said Plane of operation independently of the remainder of said member.

2l. In a machine of the class described, a power actuated operating tool, manual means for positioning the tool in operative relation to the Work by movement in the direction in Which it is to be actuated and applying pressure to the Work through the tool, and means constructed and arranged to become effective when pressure is applied throngh the tool upon the Work by said manual means for actuating the tool to do its Work.

22. In a heel breasting machine, a knife, means for actuating the knife by power, manual means for moving the knife in the direction in which it is to be actuated and applying pressure to the work through the tool, means for connecting said knife to its actuating means, and means whereby said connecting means is rendered effective automatically When resistance to the manual movement of the knife is encountered.

23. A machine of the class described, having, in combination, a reciprocating tool, power operating mechanism therefor, and manual means for moving the tool in the direction of its operative stroke and into proximity to the surface to be acted upon, said manual means being arranged to eect thereupon an operative connection of the power mechanism to the tool for causing the tool to do its Work.

24. In a machine of the class described, the combination of means for performing a cutting operation upon a shoe, means for actuating the said means by power, means movable manually for positioning the cutting means in preliminary relation to the work, and means operable by said manual means after said preliminary positioning for controlling the power actuation of the cutting means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR BATE S.

Witnesses ARTHUR ERNEST Jamin, WILLIAM Tnoms BUUKINGHAM ROBERTS.

Copies o! this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

l i l l l l lt is herehy eertiterl that in Letter` lateut No. 1.1 i162?, granted Norenther 1T.

19t-l. upon the application ot' Arthur Bates. ot' Leicester. England, 'for an improvetuent in Heel-Breastiug h'lachinee," an errer appear l in the printed specitir'ation requiring' correction as follows: Page Jr, line TU. after ther word heel insert the Words` am] .l/e/ zliNf/fr cmitrOUz'rr/g/ f/ze (tetu/Nun nf' zf/uJ rn/ f /g/ prawn/re f/nfW/f 'apo/n zf/IfA Marbre/mhdmi-fion off/ze /t/ze/f and that the said Letters latent Should he read with this @Orreetion therein that the Sante may conform to the record ot' the case in the Patent Otliee.

Signed and sealed this 2nd day ot' February. A. D., 1915.

[SEAL] R. F. VHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissione-r Uf Patents. 

